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Court Rules That JUCO Players Keep Four Years of NCAA Eligibility

So you now get two years of Juco eligibility plus another four years of NCAA eligibility plus a redshirt year if you wanna use it plus maybe even one of these waiver years that the NCAA now seems to grant so easily?

Yeesh, at this rate 30-year-old "college" players may soon become commonplace.
 
It's going to look comical with 42 year old Davey Jones doing the combover and spike in front to blend in.
 
So you can get you a six year college quarterback?
Niiiiiiiice. 6-year experience players would be pretty nice to have in basketball
 
Courts will eventually rule there can no longer be a limit on any college eligibility. I feel bad for the high school kids.
This is who it is healing. My granddaughter who is a red shirt freshman at a D-1 school and they have 25 year Old 6-7th year players due to red shirt and covid. Coaches now will only recruit JUCO and transfers. Coaches want to play the old girls even if they aren’t better.
 
I don't really see the big deal. You can still be a college student for 8-10 years to get a doctorate degree. What's the difference in playing that long? You're still a student.
 
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I don't really see the big deal. You can still be a college student for 8-10 years to get a doctorate degree. What's the difference in playing that long? You're still a student.

I think it creates a massive age gap that will be an issue in some of these sports. You will have 27 to 30 year olds against 18 year olds.
 
I mean I always wondered what about the kids that are pursuing more than 4 year degrees. Let's say a Med student is working to his/her MD that's a 8 year of school degree kinda sucks that player gets 4 years.
At the same time the age gap we've seen with COVID in some instances hasn't been good for some players and teams. Take Caliparis UK teams getting dominated by older vet teams with players that should've been out of eligibility. It works in our favor right now in Basketball because we have a old team.
I don't agree that juco should have all eligibility though. It's hard to find a balance I guess. The COVID years ending will help some.


My question is how do courts have any jurisdiction over a league such as the NCAA. Since when is it a right to play CFB? I didn't have the right to play, I wasn't close to good enough for one, it's a privilege to play any sport at any level. All college is is a tryout for the NFL or a pass time for most regular athletes to have something to do besides school. They don't have to give you that platform. I get that the schools make ridiculous money off athletes backs and I believe that athletes should be compensated through revenue sharing at a certain percent and I believe the athlete should be able to form legit deals like Car dealership commercials in exchange for a vehicle ECT but I feel that with NIL the spirit of the game dwindles by the day and you have kids who've "made it" in college who never realize their true potential because while they're working twords the NBA/NFL but if they don't oh well I got paid millions at the place I barely put in enough effort to say I was there at (see chip traynum)
 
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I mean I always wondered what about the kids that are pursuing more than 4 year degrees. Let's say a Med student is working to his/her MD that's a 8 year of school degree kinda sucks that player gets 4 years.
At the same time the age gap we've seen with COVID in some instances hasn't been good for some players and teams. Take Caliparis UK teams getting dominated by older vet teams with players that should've been out of eligibility. It works in our favor right now in Basketball because we have a old team.
I don't agree that juco should have all eligibility though. It's hard to find a balance I guess. The COVID years ending will help some.


My question is how do courts have any jurisdiction over a league such as the NCAA. Since when is it a right to play CFB? I didn't have the right to play, I wasn't close to good enough for one, it's a privilege to play any sport at any level. All college is is a tryout for the NFL or a pass time for most regular athletes to have something to do besides school. They don't have to give you that platform. I get that the schools make ridiculous money off athletes backs and I believe that athletes should be compensated through revenue sharing at a certain percent and I believe the athlete should be able to form legit deals like Car dealership commercials in exchange for a vehicle ECT but I feel that with NIL the spirit of the game dwindles by the day and you have kids who've "made it" in college who never realize their true potential because while they're working twords the NBA/NFL but if they don't oh well I got paid millions at the place I barely put in enough effort to say I was there at (see chip traynum)
Exactly.
How does any court have the jurisdiction to grant a JUCO player 4 yrs of NCAA eligibility?
What law was the NCAA violating that gave JUCO players only two years of eligibility?
 
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I think it creates a massive age gap that will be an issue in some of these sports. You will have 27 to 30 year olds against 18 year olds.
I get that, but there's students with age gaps like that as well. I dunno, I just don't think it's fair that you have an age limit for college players but not college students. (Don't get me wrong, I think it's horrible for the college game itself. But it is fair.)
 
I get that, but there's students with age gaps like that as well.
There’s a big difference between reading the same books and playing the same sport involving physical contact.

It shouldn’t be hard to see how issues could arise from 28-year-old-men hitting 18-year-old boys on the football field.
 
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The NCAA must be tired of so much winning. Can you imagine the top level brass meetings for all of these rulings over the past 5 or so years? Their entire business model crumbling before their eyes.
 
I think it creates a massive age gap that will be an issue in some of these sports. You will have 27 to 30 year olds against 18 year olds.
I just don’t understand why courts can tell a voluntary league what they can and can’t do. Isn’t this America??
 
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I thought after the extra Covid year this would even out, but seems like college sports are going to get older. With NIL, players (especially those who know pros are a long shot) are going to want to stick around and I can’t really blame them. Get paid, get free school/board/food, and be a star on campus.

I’ve been waiting for the Power schools to find a way to set up their own farm system with mid majors or juco.
 
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"Im tired of these 1 & done HS kids who aren't ready for college hoops!!, give me mature players!"

Also

"Poor high school kids, it's not fair for them what happened to the game i love?

Some folks just like to complain.
 
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I miss the days when fans /gms/ etc considered 30+ year old athletes "washed up" & "on decline".

Old man Lebron really changed the game i guess.
 
"Im tired of these 1 & done HS kids who aren't ready for college hoops!!, give me mature players!"

Also

"Poor high school kids, it's not fair for them what happened to the game i love?

Some folks just like to complain.

This isn't an argument in good faith. There's something different from wanting players to stay for 4 years, when their normal eligiblity would end, versus allowing players to stay for 7-8 years. That will have negative effects on the talent pipeline going downhill.
 
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I get that, but there's students with age gaps like that as well. I dunno, I just don't think it's fair that you have an age limit for college players but not college students. (Don't get me wrong, I think it's horrible for the college game itself. But it is fair.)

The difference is that in athletics you are competing in physical competition. That's not happening in the classroom. I'm not having to tackle my classmate or body up with them in the paint.
 
Six-time All-American Clester Witkowski, who transferred seven times before finding a home where he felt comfortable enough to finish the last six years of his thirteen year college playing career.

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